RIFLE SHOOTING

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 60, 6 March 1912, Page 6

RIFLE SHOOTING

|. ■ i ■ r f! ; " (• i 1 ;i* 1, TO-D A Y’iS,, PRO GEEI) IN GS j ! ■■ fPer Press Association.i Trentham, March 5, Shooting started at 8.30 with .the Canterbury match, 600yds, 10 shots, figure ■ targets. . , The weather was calm and hot ..with i>.-,.d;istracting,..mirage‘ about the tar«°ts. * •> : vHendersonl I (Sounds) 1 and i Ryder - (9 th Regiment) tiddv witli a possible each' Brinsley (Wanganui) scored 49. i The general. ■ shooting was indifferent. d; bii'fi ’O' viol; - ' ■ Elliott (Akarana) wins the Trentham aggregate for highest in tlis 300, 500, and 600yds championship senes. Elliott also wins the Carbine' Cup on aggregates. ' ■ The Otago Match, 800yds, 10 shots, Bisley targets, is now being fired. Possibles were made by Milroy 'Nelson),' Brown (Rangitikei), Banks (Kimboltou), and Caldwell (Karon). •Following were the principal prizewinners, in tlie Canterbury Match:— Henderson (Sounds), Ryder (9th Regiment) £4 TO,s, each 50; Smart. (WeL Hngton), £4, 49; Brindley (Wanganui), £3, .49; Oanvood (Apiti), £3, IS; Banks (Kinibolton)j £3, 48. Trentjiam aggregates: Elliott (Aka- - raua), £5, 229; Milroy (Nelson), £4, 226; Loveday (Woodville), i£4, 225; Williams (Ohura), £3, 222.